US Intercepts Iranian Order For Attack On US Embassy In Iraq 433
cold fjord writes "Another NSA story? The Wall Street Journal reports, 'The U.S. has intercepted an order from Iran to militants in Iraq to attack the U.S. Embassy and other American interests in Baghdad in the event of a strike on Syria ... U.S. officials said they are on alert for Iran's fleet of small, fast boats in the Persian Gulf ... U.S. officials also fear Hezbollah could attack the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. While the U.S. has moved military resources in the region for a possible strike, it has other assets in the area that would be ready to respond to any reprisals by Syria, Iran or its allies. ... Israel has so far been the focus of concerns about retaliation from Iran and its Lebanese militant ally Hezbollah. The commander-in-chief of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps said last week that an attack on Syria would lead to the "destruction of Israel." ... The Iranian message, intercepted in recent days, came from Qasem Soleimani, the head of Revolutionary Guards' Qods Force, and went to Iranian-supported Shiite militia groups in Iraq, according to U.S. officials.' What's interesting is this Washington Post story from 2011: Iran's Quds Force was blamed for attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq."
Re:Angling to get Iran too (Score:5, Informative)
I have been on the Earth for quite a while now. Ever since the Shah was overthrown, I keep hearing about how bad Iran is and how they plan to rule the world. I have seen the US, UK, and Israel bully them. On more than one occasion Israel has bombed Iran. I saw Iraq instigated into war with Iran by the US and UK, the US arm Iraq, and offer intelligence so that Iranians could be killed. I saw the US sit silent while they knew that Saddam had used Sarin, Cyanide, and Mustard gas on his own people as well as the Iranian soldiers.
All of this time, the CFR and their puppets have been claiming that "Iran is Evil".
What I have not seen in this time is Iran retaliate, start a war, or massacre their allegedly sworn enemies.
The story line is played out, and so full of false information that I really don't know whether to laugh or cry when people like you repeat propaganda without doing any fact checking. Worse, this does not require much in the way of fact checking. Just open your eyes and ask some basic questions.
Re:WSJ is not exactly a credible source (Score:2, Informative)
Apparently written by someone that has never really looked into politics in the US. The US has a full political spectrum, including communists* and socialists just like Europe. The thing is that most Americans won't vote for communists if they understand that is who is running for office.
SEIU drops mask, goes full commie [pjmedia.com]
William Ayers' forgotten communist manifesto: Prairie Fire [zombietime.com] (Who is BILL AYERS [discoverthenetworks.org]?
*Including the "eliminationist" variety. See William Ayer's manifesto above.
Re:And if they do this, we have to do that, and... (Score:4, Informative)
The full on assault of Libya, and Iraq took 14-20 days. and we rolled over their defenses with minimal to no losses of our own. Do you honestly think iran would last longer than 30 days againist a full on military strike?
There was no "full on assault" in Libya, just air strikes.
I don't think Iran would last even 30 days against an actual full-on assault - but only provided that US is willing to accept casualties far beyond what it saw in Iraq. The big difference is that Iraq had rather ancient Soviet tech (and emasculated export models at that - e.g. Iraqi tanks didn't have NVDs). Iran boasts some more modern stuff, such as S-300, so any air strike will be more like real war, with some planes downed and all, and not the usual turkey shoot. On the ground, the big difference with Iraq is that Iran has a larger, better trained and equipped, and considerably more loyal army. In Iraq, the only troops that were willing to fight for Saddam were his Fedayeen, and they were a tiny minority. Iran has Basij, and the general populace would not view any foreign aggression kindly, with a lot of volunteers signing up for the army. Again, US certainly has enough firepower to deal with this all efficiently and quickly, but it will not be a walk in the park like Iraq; it will entail actual considerable casualties.
So it all hinges on whether American voters are ready to accept a significant surge in flag-draped coffins coming home or not. My bet is on not - at least not for the sake of Iran.